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North Korean troops are being used as ‘drone bait’ by Russians on the battlefields of Ukraine, dead soldier’s diary reveals

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On one notebook page, a pen drawing shows a stickman soldier breaking cover to attract the attention of a Ukrainian drone while two fellow soldiers hide in the background to shoot it down.

A tragic diary entry by a North Korean soldier deployed to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war has revealed how Pyongyang troops are being used as drone “bait.”

Released by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, the dead man’s written notes described how North Korean soldiers are being used as cannon fodder in the brutal war.

On one notebook page, a pen drawing shows a stickman soldier breaking cover to attract the attention of a Ukrainian drone while two fellow soldiers hide in the background to shoot it down.

“When the bait stops, the drone will stop and be shot down,” the soldier wrote under the image, translated by The Wall Street Journal.

The instructions for using the drone also detail how the “human bait” must be placed seven meters from the drone, which will then be “neutralized with precision shots.”

The diary, discovered on December 21 and now authenticated by experts, belonged to a young soldier who was killed in a shootout along with two comrades, Ukrainian Special Forces said.

It was published a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that his forces had captured two North Korean soldiers.

Another diary entry detailed how the young soldier was homesick for his parents and how he had celebrated his friend’s birthday.

On one notebook page, a pen drawing shows a stickman soldier breaking cover to attract the attention of a Ukrainian drone while two fellow soldiers hide in the background to shoot it down.

The diary, discovered on December 21, has now been authenticated by experts.

The diary, discovered on December 21, has now been authenticated by experts.

North Korean soldiers have yet to learn how to use drones. Pictured above is a North Korean soldier who was filmed by a Ukrainian drone.

North Korean soldiers have yet to learn how to use drones. Pictured above is a North Korean soldier who was filmed by a Ukrainian drone.

“Longing for my homeland, having left the warm embrace of my dear father and mother, here on Russian soil I celebrate the birthday of my closest comrade Song Ji Myong,” he wrote.

The newspaper also revealed a devotion to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

“Even at the cost of my life, I will carry out the orders of the supreme commander without hesitation,” the diary’s author wrote.

The United States estimates that 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to fight for Russia, about 4,000 of whom have already died on the battlefield, according to Zelensky.

Soldiers are also being used as “human mine detectors”, according to Lieutenant Colonel “Leopard” of Ukraine’s 33rd “Big Cats” battalion, who revealed that their lives are worth little to their superiors.

‘The North Koreans have a “meat grinder” strategy. “When Ukrainians use a mine clearance vehicle, they simply use people,” he told Times.

‘They simply walk in single file, three or four meters away from each other, if one explodes, the doctors go behind to collect the dead, the crowd continues one after another. This is how they cross minefields.

Leopard said soldiers sent by Kim Jong Un often refuse to be captured alive, preferring to die in battle or simply flee while their commanders remain unfazed.

Drone footage taken last month shows the Russian meat-grinding tactic in action, with two dozen North Korean soldiers slowly running toward the Ukrainian front line in groups across an open, snow-covered battlefield as part of “charges.” suicides.”

The United States estimates that 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to fight for Russia, of which about 4,000 have already died on the battlefield.

The United States estimates that 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to fight for Russia, of which about 4,000 have already died on the battlefield.

One macabre image is believed to include dead North Koreans fighting for Russia in the Kursk region.

One macabre image is believed to include dead North Koreans fighting for Russia in the Kursk region.

The faces of North Korean soldiers revealed in the first close-up videos as they fight for Putin in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine.

The faces of North Korean soldiers revealed in the first close-up videos as they fight for Putin in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine.

They did not try to seek shelter, which was “like a dream for our mortars and machine guns,” Ukrainian veteran Vitaliy, 35, told the newspaper. Times.

Vitaliy fought in the Battle of Bakhmut, in which waves of Russian murderers and rapists were sent to their deaths as apparent cannon fodder.

‘The Wagner group had a simple order: advance or die. “It seemed exactly the same to Koreans,” he said.

Another dark video showed a line of what were said to be bodies of Pyongyang soldiers lying in the blood-covered snow next to slain Russians after their troops were nearly annihilated.

Ukrainian and South Korean officials say the North Koreans have proven to be a burden on Russian forces due to their outdated battlefield tactics, while inexperience in drone warfare makes them easy targets for Russia’s battle-hardened warriors. kyiv.

But Leopard said that while North Korean soldiers are not as heavily armed as their Russian counterparts, this will change the longer they are involved in the war.

“The North Koreans only use small arms, machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, at most: that is the extent of their technology,” he said.

«They do not use drones yet, only the Russians. “But I suspect they are starting to learn this and the longer the war goes on, the more likely they are to innovate,” he added.

North Korean soldier caught hiding from Ukrainian drone

North Korean soldier captured hiding from Ukrainian drone

The Khorne Group, an organization linked to kyiv forces in the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Air Assault Brigade, shared images showing what appeared to be North Korean soldiers stunned by a Ukrainian FPV drone overhead.

The Khorne Group, an organization linked to kyiv forces in the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Air Assault Brigade, shared images showing what appeared to be North Korean soldiers stunned by a Ukrainian FPV drone overhead.

Ukrainian special forces claimed to have killed 77 North Korean soldiers in three days

Ukrainian special forces claimed to have killed 77 North Korean soldiers in three days

The first North Korean prisoner of war has been captured by the Ukrainian military, South Korea's National Intelligence Service confirmed on December 27, 2024.

The first North Korean prisoner of war has been captured by the Ukrainian military, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service confirmed on December 27, 2024.

This comes after President Zelensky declared that Russian troops were “burning the faces” of dead North Korean servicemen to hide their identities, and shared macabre images to illustrate his claim.

Citing a South Korean intelligence report, MP Lee Seong-kweun said yesterday: ‘In December, they (North Korean troops) engaged in actual combat, during which at least 100 deaths occurred.

“The National Intelligence Service also reported that the number of injured is expected to reach almost 1,000.”

Despite those losses, the agency also said it had detected signs that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was preparing to train a new special operations force to make shipments westward.

Lee noted that the North’s elite Storm Corps, from which the initial deployment was drawn, had “the ability to send reinforcements.”

The NIS also predicted “that Russia could offer reciprocal benefits” for a new deployment, Lee said, including the “modernization of North Korea’s conventional weaponry.”

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